Thursday is for Discipleship “Luther’s return from the cloister was the worst blow the world had suffered since the days of early Christianity. The renunciation he made when he became a monk was child’s play compared with that which he had to make when he returned to the world. Now came the frontal assault. The … More Bonhoeffer on The Only Way to Follow Jesus
Thursday is for Discipleship Examine the Lord’s Prayer. Matthew 6:9-15 (ESV) 9 Pray then like this: “Our Father in heaven, mmmhallowed be your name. 10 Your kingdom come, your will be done, mmmon earth as it is in heaven. 11 Give us this day our daily bread, 12 and forgive us our debts, mmmas we … More How Teaching Men to Pray May be the Secret to Effective Disciple Making
Monday is for Discussion In those rare instances when Christians do actually share their faith, it is only with people who they have already deemed “safe.” Christians in this generation are wimps. But that’s just my opinion. What do you think? and what are some solutions?
Thursday is for Discipleship I was doing some research in TEDS library last week and ran across an interesting comment by Joe Aldrich. Speaking on the difficulty of getting believers to actually tell other people what they believe, the former President of Multnomah Bible and author of Lifestyle Evangelism wrote: “The only way you’re ever … More Tape the Mouths Shut of Older Christians
Thursday is for Making Disciples [Update: Don, who asked the question that started this blog post, now lives in heaven. I look forward to seeing him again.] I had just finished recording the message for this past Sunday and our second campus when Don (he always says “from Tennessee”) asked an important question. The message he … More Changing the Conversation with Your Neighbor
Thursday is for Discipleship “I want you to know brothers, that what has happened to me has really served to advance the gospel,” Philippians 1:12 ESV Disciples don’t live for their comfort. They don’t live for acclaim. They don’t live for money, or power, or prestige. They live for the advance of the gospel and that … More The Key to Endurance
Musings on Discipleship I am convinced that Jesus’ pattern with his disciples was Hebraic in pattern. That is, the way that he taught his disciples was patterned after what a Jewish father was expected to do with his children according to the Shema (Deuteronomy 6:4-9). What did that pattern look like? Part of it took … More Lessons from Jewish Fathers for Christian Fathers and Pastors
Three Obstacles to Pastoring and Caring for the Flock[1] 1. The Individualistic Nature of the Culture. Example: An attitude that basically says, “It’s none of your business,” or “It’s my problem and I’ll deal with it my way.” Analysis: The result is that people are islands of festering wounds. They are isolated, diseased, and malnourished … More Three Obstacles to Pastoral Care (and suggested paths to overcome them)
For a start how about … We would expect a greater involvement in reaching the lost from the the very start. We would give more opportunity earlier for them to demonstrate faithfulness. We would put them in stretching situations earlier. We would emphasize eschatology–Jesus is coming again to judge the living and the dead (based … More What Does it Mean to “Raise the Bar on What it Means to be a Disciple”
Bob is little above average in height with a salt and pepper beard, glasses and welcoming face. He greets people at Walmart and helps them find the aisle they need. I met him one day when I was clueless about where to begin my look for an item on my list. “Where would I find … More Bob (not his real name) is a Greeter at Walmart
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